Dumb networking question...

[Ben Boulanger]

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Hewitt Tech wrote:
> My question is "Do I have the gateway addresses set correctly. The only
> thing connecting the two hubs is the CAT5 cable. My assumption is that
> setting the first device's gateway address to the device 2's static WAN
> address and vice-versa should allow the two hubs to communicate properly.

You're absolutely correct.  Known hosts on the local network will route 
correctly (and traffic passed to it from the other "network" will route 
correctly).  It shouldn't create a routing loop unless you try to get to 
an address that's not known on either network.. in which case, the TTL of 
the packet will eventually expire.  For testing, this is fine.. 

You will need to specify the other box as the default route on the 
opposing box, as you've described.  You may want to instead specify static 
routes, rather than default routes.. .but it's not a huge deal.

Ben


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